Some time ago, Ashly and I were sitting around the apartment, trying to find something engaging to do that didn’t involve sitting in front of the TV. Having been an avid board game on an extended vacation from the hobby, I thought that perhaps grabbing a gateway board game or two could provide a good change of pace.

Ten months later, we can safely say that we’ve played a considerable amount of games together, many of which were 2 player focused. Of the games that we’ve played, enjoyed, and continued to play together, the following games are our current favorites.

With a video duration under 4 minutes, this tutorial focuses on teaching the bare essentials necessary for playing Pandemic.

It’s our hope that, in no time flat, the tutorial will ease you through the learning curve and into some cooperative, disease curing goodness.

Let us know what you think!

Unlike any game that we’ve played before, Tobago incorporates a location-deduction mechanic that requires each player to lay a series of cards in order to isolate where a given treasure is NOT. Now you may be asking yourself, “how is that useful?” Well… as my primary school math teacher would say while in between swigs of brandy from his flask (true story), “finding where something is not, allows you to deduce where something is!”

As much as I may disagreed with the fellows methods, his tutelage would better prepare me for hours of alcohol induced fun with this week’s game.

On top of providing our own brand of video reviews, we’ve decided to also produce concise audio / video board game tutorials that focus on providing the bare essentials necessary for bringing a new player up to speed.

The hope is that not only will we be able to teach your chums how to play your favorite game in under 3 minutes, but we’ll also be able to supplement a basic understanding of the play incorporated in the games that we review.